Ghafla! Throwback: How Many Of You Remember This Song?

Sorry Generation xaxa, xema, pouwar, qwendar you may not know about this classic song that was always played when you were probably still wearing diapers and feeding from the bottle. While you were at that, there this song that was the epitome of “patriotism”.

“Patriotism” because though it heaped praises on the then President, Daniel Arap Moi, you were all expected to sing along as a sign of harmony. It used to go like this;

tawala kenya
tawala kenya tawala
Rais Moi
tawala kenya tawala

peleka kenya mbele
peleka kenya mbele
Rais Moi
Peleka Kenya mbele

tuna imani na uongozi wako
dunia yote ya pongeza
ee baba tawala

Of course it is no longer being played on radio stations because it has been overtaken by events and no longer available in music stores. Luckily though, Kenya’s premier video library site for streaming of movies, popular TV shows, comedy skits; Kenya Box Office (KBO) has this video. The song was recently featured on the site and brings back the memories. Click HERE to watch it performed by the original creators.

For more of such classic songs, click HERE.